Russia-Pamela+Rodriguez

Russia is the World's biggest country with 17,098,242 square kilometers. The country is so big that it has nine time zones and it is located in two continents. Part of it is located in Europe and the other part is located in the northern area of Asia. Russia's capital and also largest city is Moscow. STATISTICS
 * __RUSSIA __**  PAMELA RODRIGUEZ
 * population: 142,517,670 people (2012)
 * birth rate: 10.94 births/1,000 population (2012)
 * death rate: 16.03 deaths/1,000 population (2012)
 * net migration rate: 0.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012)
 * infant mortality rate: 9.88 deaths/1,000 live births
 * population growth rate: 0.48% (2012)
 * life expectancy: 66.46 years
 * male: 60.11 years
 * female: 73.18 years (2012)
 * doubling time: 146 years

The statistics of Russia are like that because some factors in Russia may influence the outcome of the results. Population in Russia is really low even though it has been increasing along the years. This may have been cause due to the fact that when the Soviet Union broke up, the economy and the death rates increased while the birth rates continued to decrease. Russia has been able to do some improvements, but the economic systems are experiencing a change and people are still trying to get used to it. Even though Russia is a well educated country, people continue to die because of accidents, alcoholism and violent crime. The net migration rate is neither high or low considering the lows the country has in population. It has a high infant mortality rate and it reflects on the death rate and how the country is struggling to decrease it. Due to the high infant mortality rate, Russia has an aging population, most of the population is aging and less people are young. Life expectancy is moderate, but it shows a huge difference between males and females. This may contribute to the fact that Russia is increasing in crimes and it greater affects males. Russia is struggling to increase its birth rate and decrease its death rate. Since it is fighting to increase its population number and Russia has trouble, the doubling time for the population is high. INFORMATION Russia is currently on stage 3 of the Demographic Transition Model and it is a MEDC( More economically developed country).

Russia is currently facing many population issues. The country is dealing with the high death rates and low birth rates, even though it has been improving over the last years. The high death rates may contribute to the fact of unemployment, violent crimes and alcoholism. Also, Russia is ranking #10 in comparison with other countries on the number of people living with HIV or AIDS. People are consuming more illegal drugs and prostitution. Also, in a RussianRegion, there was a two month equal rain that killed and injured thousands of people. The flooding the rain caused not only killed people, but also destroyed roads, houses, business and schools. Russia also haves an aging population, meaning that there are more people with an old age.

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